The book, thus, not only looks at the past through its creative web of connections, which is both deep and surprisingly light ...

When travelers plan their North Carolina itineraries, they typically pencil in the majestic Smoky Mountains or the historic Biltmore Estate. But furniture enthusiasts and the design-curious are making ...

There’s a magical kingdom in central Virginia where furniture dreams come true, and it’s hiding in plain sight in a town ...

Empire and Resistance ... populations and modern inhabitants of the Caucasus and Central Asia, though their linguistic and cultural identities were largely subsumed. Above: Map of Ancient Scythia.

when the Persian dynasty of Cyrus the Great ruled an empire stretching from India to the edges of Western Europe. According to the report, ancient Persia is now modern Iran, with its entire ...

By Farnaz Fassihi President Trump has floated changing the name of the Persian ... ruled an empire that spanned from India to the edges of western Europe. Ancient Persia is now modern-day Iran ...

It found that during the Achaemenid Persian empire, between 559 and 330 BCE ... A 1467 reconstruction of Ptolemy's Map VI from "Cosmographia" shows Sinus Persicus (Persian Gulf) and Sinus Arabicus ...

For many Persian families, a meal is a kind of performance ... Boranis (small plate starters), typically featuring eggplant or spinach, flaunt a modern interpretation with seasonal vegetables ...

One particularly popular theory among scholars is that Plato’s account of Atlantis was just his way of creating an allegory about the Persian, or Achaemenid, Empire. Prior to Plato ... fought against ...

He built an empire extending ... reaching into modern Turkey, West Asia, Afghanistan, and Pakistan. Alexander's strategic prowess was exemplified when he defeated the Persian King Darius III ...

Over a 10-year period, fighting across modern-day Turkey, the Middle East, and as far away as Afghanistan and Pakistan, Alexander routed Persian king Darius III, taking the empire for his own.